Building tile



A'. (LTHOM'AS. BUILDING TILE APPLICATION HLED JAN. 2Q, 1921- Pateqted Apr. 18, 1922.

UNITED s r AVILA o. 'rnoMAs, on nncrnora M ICHgiGANQ I sumac; Tina mien ii.

To all who 22.; 2'2 may concern 7 Bart known that 1, Avian O. 31mins, a

' citizen of the United states residing at Det-roit, in the county of .Wayne and State of Michigan. have invented a new and useful Y Building" Tile, ofwhich' the following is a SPGCifiQHtlOIL f 1 This invention relates to building tiles and has particular reference to a buildingtile adapted tor wall construction employing the; tie lmeniberdiscloseu in applicantscopend'. inghpplication, Serial Number 438,569, filed January 20, 1921p r I r It is the object of the invention primarily to provide a building tile adapted for use in complement-ail pairs to'. form hollow blocks and which are provided withapertures for'med with exterior pocketsto receive the heads and tensioning' elements oftransverse tie members whereby the tiles are maintained in their paired block-forming 7 position. and the ends of the-tiles are firmly held in proper abutting relation.

' InEattaining this object the invention contemplates forming:- apertured \I-shaped pockets in the exterior face of the tiles adjacent their extremitiesso that one wall of eachpocket may form a right-angled abut merit for a. tie member diagonally connecting t les of abutting blocks and lIl'WlllCll the extremities of the tie members will be em-' bedded flushwith the exterior of said'blocks.

to the wall.

A. preferred embodiment of the invention is hereinafter described and'is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a view in exterior elevationgof-a portion of a wall formed of the'herein-de scribed tiles. I 7

Fig; 2 is a horizontal sectional view showing several abutting walls formed in accordunce with the invention; r

Fig, 3 is aperspective view of one of thetile elements.

Figfl is aperspective-view of a wedge employed to tension the tie members which join the tiles shown in Fig. 2.

In these views the reference character 1 designates a tilefeither baked or air-dried, which comprisesa flatrectangular platehav inn ribs 2-andr3r projecting from oneof its faces, the ribs 2 being set back from the respective ends of the tile, and, the ribs S Specification of Letters Patent- Patented Apii. i8, 19122; application filed January 20, 1921. Serial in). 438,570. 1

extended between the ribs 2, respectively.

along the top and bottomedges of the tiles.

ribs 2 and S'abuttin Z- Whena wall. is

formed of tiers otjsaid'bloclrs, with the end joints of said blocks. vertically registering, columnarfopenings 4 are formed at said Joints, between the rice of ad acent blocks and the end-portionsof the plate. 1. Founabutting blocks and arranged to form transject of a copending applicationjfare to -med of sheet metal, each having one end'bent to form a" T-shapedhead 6 and'being returnbent at their other ends? 'tobeengagedi by tension'ing wedged-'8. Said ties function both to establish a 'bondto maintain-the endab'utting relationof adjacent blocks-and to maintain the proper complementary relation ofithe'tile's "'forining e'achblock. 1 Pairs of V-shaped pockets '9 are formed in the ex terior faces of the tiles. respectively adja- "tie' members 5 are diagonally arranged across the opening dato {connect each two cent the ends thereof. the pockets of each pair-being extended toward each other from the upper and lower marginal edgesof the block so that thevertically alined pockets 9 at adjoining edges ofthe blocks are in communication'.*as is best seenin Fig. l. .The 7 heads 6 and tensiohingnieans 7 of each tie memberareid sposed within the IQSPGCUVB pockets 9, one. wall of each pocket being transverseto the corresponding tie member 3'to form a right angle abutmentfor the head 6 or wedge 8 of said tie, and said wall being apertured. as indicated at 10 to' give passage to said tie member therethrough,

Aft theintersectio-n of two exterior walls. i

of a building employing the improved tile construction. special corner tiles 11 are-employed (see Fig. 2); each abutting against 7 the outer tile members of the abutting, end

blocks otthe two wallsysaid blocks and special tiles forming a columnar opening 12'ot" substantially twice the size of the openings 4:. The large opening 12 is traversed injthel direction of its major axis by an especially long tie member 5 connecting the exterior;

:tiles of the abutting blocks of the two transverse -walls,' and transverse tie-members extend across said opening connecting the tiles the end 11' to each of the inner tiles lot blocks of said transverse walls.

70 verse pairs. Said ties which form 'the sub 7 It is to be noted that the pockets 9, in addition to receiving the heads and tensioning means of the tie members 5, further oifer a retention to the usual finishingcoating of the wall, both interiorly and exteriorly thereof. Also it is an advantageous feature of the invention that the V pockets 9 are formed in opposed relation to the ribs 2 into which the depressions forming said pockets extend, so that the Walls of the tiles resulting from the presence of said pockets are not materially weakened and are maintained substantially uniform in thickness.

What I claim is: I

l. In a Wall. construction, a row of blocks and tie members diagonally connecting said blocks their joints, said tie members having heads and tensioningnmans, and said blocks having V-shaped pockets in their exterior faces to receive the heads and tensioning means of said tie members, one Wall 01: each pocket being substantially transverse to the associatedtie member to "form asuitable abutment for the head or tensioning means of said member.

2. In a wall construction, superposed rows of blocks and tie members diagonally connecting the blocks of each row, said tie members having heads and tensioning means, and said blocks having pockets respectively adjacent their upper andlower edges to receive the heads and tensioning means of said tie members, the pockets adjacent adjoining edges of superposed blocks being in communieatlon.

$53. In a wall construction, a row of blocks each comprising two tiles having abutting ribs set back from thelr vertical edges and terior face setback from its ends, and having pockets in its exterior face opposite said ribs vfor receiving the tensioning elements of tie members. V i

5. In a Wall construction, a roW oi blocks each comprising tivotiles having abutting ribs set back from their vertical edges and having in their exterior faces V-shaped pockets opposite said ribs, the abutting end portions of the tiles and saidribs co-acting to form an opening, tie members extending diagonallyof said opening bet-Ween the opposite tiles of adjacent blocks, tensioning means for said ties engaged in certain of said pockets, and a cementitious filling in said opening embedding said tie members.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

AVILA O. THOMAS. 

